DataTables example Page length options

It is possible to easily customise the options shown in the length menu (by default at the top left of the table) using the lengthMenuDT initialisation option.

This parameter can take one of two forms:

  • A 1D array of options which will be used for both the displayed option and the value, or
  • A 2D array in which the first array is used to define the value options and the second array the displayed options (useful for language strings such as 'All').

The example below shows a 2D array being used to include a "Show all" records option.

NamePositionOfficeAgeStart dateSalary
NamePositionOfficeAgeStart dateSalary
Airi Satou Accountant Tokyo 33 2008/11/28 $162,700
Angelica Ramos Chief Executive Officer (CEO) London 47 2009/10/09 $1,200,000
Ashton Cox Junior Technical Author San Francisco 66 2009/01/12 $86,000
Bradley Greer Software Engineer London 41 2012/10/13 $132,000
Brenden Wagner Software Engineer San Francisco 28 2011/06/07 $206,850
Brielle Williamson Integration Specialist New York 61 2012/12/02 $372,000
Bruno Nash Software Engineer London 38 2011/05/03 $163,500
Caesar Vance Pre-Sales Support New York 21 2011/12/12 $106,450
Cara Stevens Sales Assistant New York 46 2011/12/06 $145,600
Cedric Kelly Senior Javascript Developer Edinburgh 22 2012/03/29 $433,060
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The Javascript shown below is used to initialise the table shown in this example:

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$(document).ready(function() {
    $('#example').dataTable( {
        "lengthMenu": [[10, 25, 50, -1], [10, 25, 50, "All"]]
    } );
} );

In addition to the above code, the following Javascript library files are loaded for use in this example: